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[  House  op  llErRKSENTATiviis,  No.  323.] 

HOUvSE  OF  REPRKSEXTATITES,  January  o,  lo63.— Read 
fust  and  second  times,  made  special  order  after  existin«:  special 
order,  and  ordered  to  I>e  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Wick  ham,  from  Committee  on  Military  Affairs. 


A-    BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  provide   payment    lor  horses  killed  or 
lost  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States. 

1  The   Co/igress  of  the   Confederate   Sfatrs  of  .imerica  do  enact, 

2  That  when  any  mounted  oHlcer   or  soldier  of    the  Confederate 

3  States  shall  have  sustained  damage  since  the  1st  dav  of  Febru- 

4  ary,  18G1.  or  shall   hereafter  sustain  damage,  without  fault  or 
i">  negligence  on  his  part,  liy  reason  of  the  l')?s  of  a  horse  killed 

6  in  battle,  or  wounded  in  battle  so  that  he  afterwards  die  or  I)e- 

7  come  permanently  disabled   from    his  wounds,  or  br  al)andon- 

8  nicnt,  by  order  of  bis  ofTicer,  on  account  of  his  wounds,  or  on 

9  account  of  inability  to  keep  up  with  his  command  on  any  march, 

10  and  thus  l«st;  or  by  capture  of  a  horse  whilst  in  the  discharge 

11  of  bis  duty,  or  by  the  lo?s  of  his  liorse  hr  reason  of  being  sep- 

12  aratfd  from  liim  by  order  of  his  officer  whilst  in  the  discharge 

13  of  his  duties  either  in  the  field  or  at  any  station;  or  by  the  kill- 

14  ing  of  his  horse  by  order  of  his  regimental  or  brigade  comman  - 

15  dcr  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  disease  in  his  command;  or  by 
1()  the  loss  of  a  horse  by  excessive  use  or  by  unavoidable  accident, 
17  in  the  execution  of  an  order  from  a  superior  officer;  or  by  tko 


2 

IS  loss  of  the  usual  and  nece??ai7  clothing  and  equipments,  by  rca- 

19  son  of  the  loss  of  a  horse  as  aforesaid,  he  shall  be  entitled,  upon 

20  certificate  of  the  facts  by  his  commanding  oflicer,  approved    by 

21  his  brigade,  division,  corps  or  army  commander,  to  receive  from 

22  any  r.uartermaster  of  the  Confederate  State's  as  compensation 

23  therefor,  the  appraised   value  of  such  horse  and  tlie  regulation 

24  value  of  such  clothing  or  ecjuipments;  and  if  from  any  cause  such 

25  horse  has  not  been    appraised  previous  to  the  time  when  lost, 

26  compensation  sliall  be  made  therefor  to  an  extent  to  be  fixed  by 

27  two  commissioned  ofiicers,  approved  by  the  regimental  comman- 

28  der. 

1  Sec.  2.     When  any  horse  is  rendered    permanently  unfit  for 

2  sei  vice,  unt^er  circumstances  that  entitle  the  owner   to  compen- 

3  sation  theiefor.  it  shall  be  turned  over  to  some  qiiartermastor, 

4  and  by  him  be  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,   for  the  benefit  of 

5  the  government. 


